MURTALA Muhammad Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted $2.7m (about N432m) from five suspected money launderers while attempting to travel abroad.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, arraigned a senior lecturer at the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Dr. Stephen Obekpa Abah before an Abuja High Court.

Ikorodu – A 42-year-old civil servant, Adeshina Tabura, on Thursday told an Ikorodu Customary Court, Lagos, that his wife’s lover used to visit their matrimonial home. Tabura, a resident of Gbenga Salami, Ikorodu, while testifying in a divorce suit he filed, said his wife’s lover was also always threatening him through phone calls. “My wife […]

The Joint Security Task Force (JTF) in Kano, has arrested three Lebanese suspected of owning the large cache of arms recovered at a bunker in the city.

 The House of Representatives on Thursday approved 14 years imprisonment for persons who contracted same sex marriage in the country.

An Abuja High Court on Thursday refused an application to recall a prosecution witness, Mr Ayuba Ede, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, in the alleged Apo six killings.

The Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) has expressed shock and sadness at the death of the Deputy Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), Major General Mamman Tsoho Kontagora (Rtd), describing it as a monumental loss to Niger State in particular and the nation in general.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said Nigerians need no ‘marking scheme’ to assess the Jonathan Administration or any administration at all, noting that the people know when a government has impacted positively on their lives.

KIDNAPPERS of Mrs. Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, wife of a Supreme Court Justice, her daughter and driver allegedly collected N3 million ransom before they released them on  Tuesday.

Nigeria stands to generate about N100 billion yearly from cocoa production therefore, both the states and federal government should rely less on statutory monthly allocation and concentrate more on the production of cocoa and other cash and tree crops.

Lagos – Justice Ibrahim Saulawa of the Court of Appeal, Lagos, on Thursday declined hearing an appeal filed by Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha and Lateef Shofolahan, challenging a death sentence against them. Al-Mustapha, a former Chief Security Officer to late Gen. Sanni Abacha, and Shofolahan, former Personal Assistant to Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, are challenging their death […]

 A former Minister of Works and Housing in the Babangida administration, retired Maj.-Gen. Mamman Kontangora, is dead, a family source said.

The injury-ravaged Super Eagles will play six matches within 24 days on three continents, and a further two if they reach the knockout stage of the World Cup dress-rehearsal

Retailing giant Carrefour is teaming up with CFAO to expand into eight central and west African states and to open stores in shopping centres to be built by the Africa-centred distributor.

Nigeria’s military on Thursday dismissed as “empty propaganda” claims by Boko Haram’s leader that soldiers have retreated during an ongoing offensive, insisting the campaign has heavily damaged the Islamist insurgents.